Improvement in gang-plows



'J. s. PADON.

Wheel-Plow I No 39.743. *Pater'ned Sept. 1863 Jiyfl NJETERS, PHOIO-LITHOGRAPHER, WASHINGIO Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN SaPADON, OF LEBANON, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN GANG-FLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,743, dated September 1, 1863; antcdated .March 1, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI,JOIIN S. PADON, of Lebanon, in the county of St. Clair and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Gang-Flows; andl do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a top view, and Fig. 2 is vertical longitudinal section taken on the line A of Fig. 1. r I

Thei'ollowingdescriptionand claims wlllcnablc any one skilled in the arts to which my invention appertains to understand what it consists ofand how to make and use it.

Like letters of reference represent like parts of the different figures of the annexed drawings.

A represents the truck-wheelsofthe machine; B, the axle of said wheels; 0, the main frame.

R It are a pair of sills united at their front and rear ends by means of plates to a. The front and rear ends of these sills rest upon the front and rear beams of the main frame, and are secured by means of bolts or screws, 1) b, a number of holes being made in the front and rear beams of theframes, asindioated by dotted lines, forthe said screws to enter, by which the frames composed of sills It can beadjusted to or from each other.

D D are the plow-beams, arranged between the sills R. The front end of said beams rest upon the bolts (Z, which may be moved toward the front or rear end of the frame, there being a series of holes, 0 c 0, made in the frame for that purpose. By these means the depth of the plow is regulated.

e e are segmental plates with correspondingly-shaped slots cut in them, in which pins f 7 work, and by which the plow-beams are guided and steadied when raised up from between the sills to lift the plows out of the ground.

E E are levers for raising and lowering the front ends of the plow-beams, so as to throw the plows in or out of the ground. When the front ends of the beams are raised the points of the plowshares run outof the ground, throwing up the rear ends of the beams, thus allowingthc plows to slidealong on the ground without throwing the truck-wheels A off of it.

F F are the fulerums of the levers aforesaid, and G G the standards to which they are attached, both of which are perforated, so as to adjust the throw of the lever, and consequently the height to which they will lit'ttheplow-heams.

Said leversniay be worked jointly or separa-[cly, and this may be secured by means of a catch, H, fixed either to the tongue or to the sills It, as may be indicated by convenience.

The machine illustrated by the drawings has only two plows, but it may be readily extended so as to increase the number of plows whenever it may be desirable. The rear plow is made smaller than the forward one, so as to equalize the drafton the machine, as the forward plow, being nearer to the beam, willdraw easier than the rear one, for which reason I make the last-mentioned plow'the smaller; and this principle should be observed when the number of plows is multiplied. When a small-sized set of plows is taken off the ma chine and a large set applied, the frames, consisting of the sills R, must be moved apart, so asto increase the distance between the plows, and vice versa when small plows are substituted for large ones.

The drivers seatis represented by I and the plows by J, and the stafl' and braces of said plows are shown by K and L.

Having now described the construction and operation of my improved gang-plow, I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination of the movable frames, consisting of the sills R R with the main frame, when they are arranged on said frame as described, and when said frame is mounted on truck-wheels as described. I

2. .The combination of the movable and adjustable plow-beams D with the sills 1t, when said beams are made to operate in connection with said sills, substantially as described JOHN S. PAlDON.

Witnesses:

JOHN M. GHAMBERLIN, WM. H. HYPES. 

